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Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

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ANNEX IU.K.CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 2(1), 3, 4, 14(1), 28 AND 30

1.Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes are not covered by this Directive.U.K.

2.The threshold values given below generally refer to production capacities or outputs. Where one operator carries out several activities falling under the same subheading in the same installation or on the same site, the capacities of such activities are added together.U.K.

ActivitiesGreenhouse gases
Energy activities
Combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW (except hazardous or municipal waste installations)Carbon dioxide
Mineral oil refineriesCarbon dioxide
Coke ovensCarbon dioxide
Production and processing of ferrous metals
Metal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering installationsCarbon dioxide
Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting, with a capacity exceeding 2,5 tonnes per hourCarbon dioxide
Mineral industry
Installations for the production of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day or lime in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day or in other furnaces with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per dayCarbon dioxide
Installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per dayCarbon dioxide
Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain, with a production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day, and/or with a kiln capacity exceeding 4 m3 and with a setting density per kiln exceeding 300 kg/m3Carbon dioxide
Other activities

Industrial plants for the production of

(a)pulp from timber or other fibrous materials
Carbon dioxide
(b)paper and board with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day
Carbon dioxide

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